ESSAY #1: SUMMARY / CRITICAL RESPONSE ESSAY OBJECTIVES: This essay assignment will help you do the following: Improve your ability to read critically and analytically Improve your ability to respond objectively to a controversial text and evaluate a writer’s rhetorical strategies Improve your understanding of how to compose an effective thesis statement‚ and develop detailed‚ persuasive and coherent support Improve your ability to use MLA documentation style OVERVIEW: Summarizing
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Linda Sidner has supported her claims in her speech‚ “Wait Until They are Older”‚ in a superior manner to Deborah Pendegrast in her speech‚ “Tweens Are Ready for Cell Phones”. The former was clearer about her claims and more specific with her support than the latter. Pendegrast speech has several critical flaws. First‚ she is in a position of high potential for bias‚ in that she works for a telecommunications company the revenue of which is increased if parents allow “tweens” to be included in the
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Essay 1: Summary Response Narrative First Draft Due: Mon‚ Feb. 2 Final Draft Due: Wed‚ Feb. 4 Purpose and Overview: Essay 1 represents several objectives of English 102‚ and perhaps builds upon skills learned in ENG 101. This essay will focus on the skill set of successfully summarizing a reading selection -- re-communicating the author’s purpose and main points -- and then responding to that author’s ideas appropriately‚ which requires a certain degree of critical and careful reading and thinking
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A Summary of the National Response Framework Amber Coté Pikes Peak Community College Abstract The purpose of this paper is to become acquainted with the evolution of national incident response over the last twenty years in America; and henceforth‚ gain a better understanding of the current multi-agency/multi-discipline approach to national disasters and emergencies. This summary briefly reviews the history of federal planning documents over
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essay and said “hey Deborah Tannen’s argument makes sense.” Like my audience‚ I never really thought about it that much. I want to come across as someone that wants things to be less confrontational and to see things from all sides. I want the audience to see that there are more sides to a story than two and to open their mind to all kinds of different views without jumping to a fast conclusion. The Argument Culture is an excerpt from Deborah Tannen’s book. Deborah Tannen is a best-selling
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Summary‚ Analysis‚ and Response of “JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING‚ AUDITING & FINANCE: Layoffs and chief executive officer (CEO) Compensation: Does CEO power influence the relationship?” Joe Joseph New York University Abstract B.C. Henderson‚ A. Masli‚ V. J. Richardson‚ and J.M. Sanchez take a closer look at the relationship between layoffs and the compensation of the chief executive officer (CEO). Through quantitative research they discover that as the number of layoffs increase‚ CEOs’ bonus
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SUMMARY AND RESPONSE TO “WHY WE CRAVE HORROR MOVIES” In “Why We Crave Horror Movies” Stephen King explains that everyone is mentally ill to some degree. The people outside the asylums are just possibly better at hiding their craziness. Most of us know someone‚ maybe even ourselves which talk to themselves‚ or do weird things when they think no one is watching‚ or some that have hysterical fears. I do not agree with Stephen King’s statement that all people are mentally ill. I think these odd
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Human Genome Project Reflection Paper 1 The history of mankind has traditionally been filled with curiosity about one’s abilities and limitations. We are narcissistic by nature and have a need to expand one’s knowledge base more and more every day. The Human Genome Project (“HGP”) is an example of such a curiosity. HGP is a research effort with the goal of taking the human DNA and determining the location of an estimated 100‚000 strains of genes. The genes will then be arranged into sequences
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A Modest Proposal Summary and Response Jonathan Swift starts off “A Modest Proposal” by giving the reader a bit of background information on Ireland’s current conditions at the time of publication. By doing so‚ Swift grasps the reader’s emotion and pulls them into the story. Then‚ when Swift makes a dramatic switch to his suggestion of cannibalism to stimulate the economy‚ he is able to fully grab the reader’s attention. Swift’s proposal is extreme and entirely unethical‚ but isn’t meant to
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ENGL 1302 11 July 2013 Summary-Analysis-Response Paper In Lisa Hamilton’s “Unconventional Farmers; Let Them Eat Meat”‚ she justifies the issue of raising livestock for food causing greenhouse gas emissions. Should we be eating less meat or actually eating more? Hamilton’s research found many interesting points that would interest any human beings that consume meat or any other type of consumable goods. In her essay‚ Hamilton begins with the statistic that “eighteen percent of the world’s
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